]]>http://noisecreep.com/hard-rock-and-metal-releases-august-2011/feed/0Mediaskare RecordsJapan's Dir En Grey Offer Hope on New Albumhttp://noisecreep.com/japan-dir-en-grey-offer-hope-on-new-album/
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While the massively popular X Japan and their leader Yoshiki have garnered the lion's share of attention as the Japanese rock band du jour over the past year or so, the always-busy Japanese metallers Dir En Grey are emerging from the shadows with a new album that's laced with a m

]]>http://noisecreep.com/japan-dir-en-grey-offer-hope-on-new-album/feed/0Firewall DivisionDir En Grey Touring U.S. With Apocalypticahttp://noisecreep.com/dir-en-grey-tour-dates-with-apocalyptica/
http://noisecreep.com/dir-en-grey-tour-dates-with-apocalyptica/#commentsThu, 29 Jul 2010 22:00:00 +0000Amy Sciarrettohttp://noisecreep.com/dir-en-grey-tour-dates-with-apocalypticaContinue reading…]]>Japanese rockers Dir En Grey -- considered one of the biggest rock bands ever to emerge from their home country, and blessed with the uncanny knack of transcending the language barrier by speaking the universal language that is music -- will cross oceans and tour with prog symphony rockers Apocalyptica beginning Aug. 23 and running through Sept. 12. Tickets are on sale now, so get 'em while they are

]]>http://noisecreep.com/dir-en-grey-tour-dates-with-apocalyptica/feed/0The End RecordsMy Interview With Dir En Grey … and a Translatorhttp://noisecreep.com/interview-dir-en-grey-translator/
http://noisecreep.com/interview-dir-en-grey-translator/#commentsWed, 20 Jan 2010 20:00:00 +0000Chris Harrishttp://noisecreep.com/interview-dir-en-grey-translatorContinue reading…]]>I've interviewed thousands of bands over my more than ten years as a music writer but I've never needed a translator to talk shop with a band. So when I headed over to Tokyo for some face time with Dir En Grey guitarist Die ahead

]]>http://noisecreep.com/interview-dir-en-grey-translator/feed/0Heavy Metal In Japan: Not as Different as You'd Thinkhttp://noisecreep.com/heavy-metal-in-japan-dir-en-grey/
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Last weekend, this scribe jetted off to Japan to catch the final two dates on Dir En Grey's 'Uroboros' tour, which nearly razed Tokyo's infamous Budokan arena over two nights. But when the shows weren't going

]]>http://noisecreep.com/heavy-metal-in-japan-dir-en-grey/feed/0Dir En Grey Destroy Japan With Two-Night Stint at Nippon Budokanhttp://noisecreep.com/dir-en-gray-japan-nippon-budokan/
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The list of metal bands who'll tell you they're big in Japan is extensive, but no band could ever claim to be bigger in Japan than Dir En Grey. Just walking through the city's frenzied Shibuya business district, amon